Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After lunch, He Yuzhu found some red paper and cut it to write Spring Festival couplets. In other fan fictions, writing Spring Festival couplets in Siheyuan is the reserved project of the third uncle Yan Bugui, but for He Yuzhu in this life, writing Spring Festival couplets is a piece of cake. He Yuzhu has never given up copying since he traveled through time in 46. After so much persistent practice, He Yuzhu's calligraphy is not much different from that of a master.

He Yuzhu picked up the brush and dipped it in the inkstone, then wrote on the paper the first line: Spring comes and the earth is full of flowers, the second line: Festival comes and all things in the world are new, horizontal banner: All the best; the first line: Spring returns and all things revive, the second line: The world is full of blessings and joy, horizontal banner: Good luck in the New Year; the first line: The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, the second line: Willow catkins float in the wind with the warm sun, horizontal banner: Peace every year; the first line: The spring breeze brings revival to all things, the second line: The drizzle moistens thousands of homes, horizontal banner: Spring is in the air; the first line: Blessings fill the house with warm spring air, the second line: The source is clear and the stream is far away, the years are new, horizontal banner: Welcome the New Year.

After writing five spring couplets, He Yuzhu put the brush on the inkstone and stood aside to admire his own writing. In this era, spring couplets are still particular. If nothing else, at least they cannot be about money. He Yuzhu looked at his sister He Yushui standing beside him and said, "Yushui, come and write a few too."

He Yushui said a little embarrassedly: "Brother, my handwriting is not as good as yours, so why not forget it."

He Yuzhu said encouragingly: "It's okay, just write boldly." After that, He Yuzhu handed the brush to his sister He Yushui.

He Yushui took the brush and asked, "What should I write, brother? I can't just copy your Spring Festival couplets."

He Yuzhu thought for a moment and said, "Just write a few blessing characters. The blessing to be pasted on the door has not been written yet."

He Yushui picked up the brush and wrote a big word "Fu" on the character. After he finished writing, he immediately said, "Brother, what do you think of my writing?"

He Yuzhu took a look at the word "Fu" written by his sister He Yushui, smiled and said, "It's well written, very delicate, and you can tell it was written by a girl. Keep practicing in the future." After that, He Yuzhu went to the kitchen, scooped some noodles from the noodle jar and poured it into the bowl. Then he added some boiling water into the bowl and stirred it. He Yuzhu picked up a little with chopsticks and took a look at it. He felt that the paste was well made, so he took the bowl of paste to the main room.

He Yushui saw He Yuzhu coming back and said happily: "Brother, I have written 6 "Fu" characters in total. Leave the job of pasting "Fu" on the door to me when the time comes."

He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Okay, let's go and put up Spring Festival couplets."

He Yuzhu and his sister He Yushui pasted Spring Festival couplets on the main house, kitchen, storage room, kitchen courtyard gate and his sister He Yushui's room. Jia Zhang saw He Yuzhu and He Yushui pasting Spring Festival couplets through her window. Feeling that she could get a bargain, she hurried out of the house and came to He Yuzhu with a smile and said, "Zhuzi, your Spring Festival couplets are really good. They look better than those written by Yan Bugui in the front yard. Why don't you write a couplet for my family as well?"

He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Aunt Zhang, you are really good at joking. My handwriting is not as good as Uncle San's. I can help you write, Aunt Zhang, but when I bought paper, I only bought 5 pairs of red paper for Spring Festival couplets. Now there is no extra red paper at home. How about this, you go to the street and buy some red paper and I will help you write it."

When Jia Zhang heard He Yuzhu ask her to go to the street to buy red paper, she immediately said in disappointment: "Forget it. My house only has one door, and I can't store so much red paper. I'd better go find the third uncle." After saying that, Jia Zhang walked towards the front yard with a disappointed look on her face.

He Yushui waited until Jia Zhang walked away and then asked quietly, "Brother, we have plenty of red paper! Why did you tell Aunt Zhang that we have no red paper?"

He Yuzhu touched He Yushui's head and said with a smile: "Yushui, you are still young, there are some things you don't know. In the past, every household in our courtyard paid money to ask Uncle San to write Spring Festival couplets for them during the Spring Festival. Aunt Zhang definitely didn't want to pay me when she asked me to come. If I wrote for her without charging her money, would other neighbors also come to me? Uncle San would be unhappy if he knew. So you say that we spent money to help our neighbors, but offended Uncle San instead. Is it worth it? Yushui, remember, if you damage the interests of others and don't bring benefits to yourself, don't do anything, unless that person damages the interests of the country and the people."

He Yushui nodded thoughtfully after listening to it. He Yuzhu saw that his sister He Yushui had taken it to heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, you go back to the room to accompany your sister-in-law. I have to go out for a while."

He Yuzhu returned to the house, picked up the brush, and wrote 20 couplets in one breath. He rolled up the couplets and put them in a backpack along with the bowl of paste. He Yuzhu put the backpack on his back and said to Lou Xiao'e, "Xiao'e, I'm going to the courtyard in Lantern Hutong."

Lou Xiao'e, who was resting with her eyes closed, opened her eyes and said, "Brother He, when you go out, please stop by the supply and marketing cooperative. I have run out of facial wipes. Please buy me some and bring them back."

"Okay, do you want to buy Pechoin anyway?" Ever since Lou Xiao'e's belly got bigger, it has been very inconvenient for her to move around, so He Yuzhu helped her buy many of Lou Xiao'e's daily necessities.

"Well, let's do the same as last time and just buy clam oil."

He Yuzhu nodded, opened the door and walked out. He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to the courtyard of Qudeng Hutong first. After pasting spring festival couplets on several doors, he took out a stack of yellow paper from the corner of a cabinet in the room and lit it with a match. He Yuzhu flipped the yellow paper and said, "Seniors of the Zhu family, I'm here to burn paper for you. Please keep it well." After the yellow paper was burned, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to the courtyard of Chunshu Hutong.

Arriving at the courtyard in Chunshu Hutong, He Yuzhu took out the Spring Festival couplets from his backpack and pasted them on all the doors deftly. The seemingly empty courtyard made He Yuzhu recall the days when he practiced martial arts in the courtyard with his master Shang Rongzhi. It was a pity that fate played tricks on him.

After He Yuzhu finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets on the courtyard of Chunshu Hutong, he rode his bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative. When he arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, He Yuzhu went directly to the cosmetics counter and bought two boxes of Pechoin clam oil. After buying the clam oil that Lou Xiaoe wanted, He Yuzhu looked at the clam oil in his hand and couldn't help but feel moved. He hurried to the counter selling local specialties. Because it was the end of the year and there were many people in the supply and marketing cooperative, He Yuzhu had to work hard to squeeze to the counter of local specialties.

Finally, the salesperson finished his work and it was He Yuzhu's turn. He Yuzhu hurriedly asked, "Comrade, do we have the Northeastern wood frog for sale?"

The saleswoman looked at He Yuzhu's handsome face. She felt much more relaxed after a busy day. Her mood became better and she said enthusiastically, "Yes, comrade. How much do you want?"

When He Yuzhu heard this, he hurriedly said happily: "Comrade, how much are the frogs for sale? Do you need a ticket?"

The saleswoman patiently said, "Comrade, the frog is a local specialty. You don't need a ticket for now. One pound of frog costs 5 yuan."

He Yuzhu thought about it and said, "Comrade, how many do you have? I want to buy more."

The saleswoman flipped through the account book and said, "Comrade, I only have 20 kilograms of this at the moment. Do you think it's enough?"

He Yuzhu hurriedly said, "Okay, I want all 20 kilograms. Give me the invoice and I'll pay."

The saleswoman swiftly issued a ticket for He Yuzhu and handed it to him. After He Yuzhu paid with the ticket, he returned to the saleswoman's counter. The saleswoman looked at the ticket He Yuzhu handed her, then took the frog out of the counter and weighed it. He Yuzhu looked at the full bag of dried frogs, quickly took the basket off his back and said, "Comrade, please put the frog directly into this basket."

The female salesperson poured the weighed dried frogs into He Yuzhu's backpack. Before leaving, He Yuzhu did not forget to thank the salesperson: "Thank you, comrade." After saying that, He Yuzhu squeezed hard in the crowd.

On the way home on his bicycle, He Yuzhu thought to himself: It seems that I can stock up some local specialties like forest frogs in the future. This thing is unpopular and most people don’t know about it. People who know about it are reluctant to buy a lot of it. After all, the price is very expensive. This forest frog is a top-grade tonic. After Lou Xiaoe gives birth, I can use forest frogs to make some tonics for her.

Although He Yuzhu was riding a bicycle with a big backpack on his back, he was still the most handsome guy on the street, which really proves the saying that good-looking people look good in anything they wear.

He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard of Nanluoguxiang carrying a backpack. As soon as he reached the front yard, he saw the residents in the yard gathered at the door of Yan Bugui's house, waiting for Yan Bugui to help write Spring Festival couplets. He Yuzhu smiled and pushed his bicycle towards the middle courtyard without saying a word.

The next morning, after finishing his meal, He Yuzhu said, "Xiao'e, I have to visit an elder brother today. If I can't make it back in time at noon, you and Yushui can have some dumplings. I prepared the dumpling stuffing yesterday and have a tray of dumplings in the kitchen."

"Okay, Brother He, just go ahead."

He Yushui patted his chest and said, "Brother, just leave my sister-in-law to me. There are so many delicious foods at home. We won't starve even if we don't eat dumplings."

He Yuzhu smiled and said nothing, carrying a jar of old wine and a bag of egg rolls prepared for Li Ze and went out. He Yuzhu rode his bike to the heavy industry department family compound where Li Ze lived. Because He Yuzhu had been here many times before and He Yuzhu looked very distinctive, the guards standing guard at the door had long remembered who He Yuzhu was.

Guard Xiao Zhang said with a smile: "Chef He, you are here to see Director Li again, but it's a bit early for you to pay New Year's greetings."

He Yuzhu stopped his bike, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed it to the guard Xiao Zhang, and said, "There's nothing I can do. Director Li will definitely be busy during the New Year, so I can only go in early. Okay, I'll go in first."

Guard Xiao Zhang took the cigarettes given by He Yuzhu with a silly smile. Because He Yuzhu did not smoke, all the cigarettes bought with the cigarette coupons issued as a cadre every month were given away by He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to Li Ze's house and happened to meet Li Ze's second son Li Aijun and his sister Li Miaomiao playing at the door. When Li Miaomiao saw He Yuzhu, she hurriedly ran to him and said with surprise: "Uncle He, you are here, I will help you with your things." After that, she went to take the cloth bag on He Yuzhu's handlebars.

Because He Yuzhu always brings her delicious food every time he comes, Li Miaomiao is looking forward to He Yuzhu's arrival. He Yuzhu smiled and took off the cloth bag on the handlebar and handed it to Li Miaomiao. Li Miaomiao took the cloth bag and opened it directly, saying with surprise: "Second brother, come quickly, Uncle He brought us egg rolls."

Li Aijun, who is already 11 years old, is sensible. He felt a little embarrassed that his sister Li Miaomiao opened the gift brought by He Yuzhu in front of him, so he blushed and said to He Yuzhu: "Hello, Uncle He, you came to see my dad, my dad is at home. Miaomiao, you can't open the things that the guest brought directly."

Li Miaomiao took out an egg roll directly from her cloth bag and started eating it. As she ate, she said, "But Uncle He is not a guest. Second brother, do you want to eat it or not? If you don't want to eat it, I'll give it to Mom."

Although Li Aijun also wanted to eat the egg rolls brought by He Yuzhu, he was too embarrassed to take the egg rolls from the cloth bag in front of He Yuzhu and could only bear it. He Yuzhu smiled and took one out of the cloth bag and handed it to Li Aijun. He touched Li Aijun's head and said, "Aijun, your sister is right. Uncle He is not a guest. You don't have to be so polite to Uncle He in the future. Miaomiao, you have to remember what your brother said. If other people bring things in the future, you can't just open them."

Li Miaomiao said with a proud look on her face: "Hmph, I won't open things brought by others. Only Uncle He, you bring delicious food to Miaomiao every time you come." After saying that, Li Miaomiao took He Yuzhu's hand and walked into the house. He Yuzhu laughed after hearing this.

He Yuzhu followed Li Miaomiao to the small villa where Li Ze lived. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Miao Aihua who was busy cleaning. When Miao Aihua saw He Yuzhu coming, she quickly stopped what she was doing and said with a smile: "Xiao He, you are here." Miao Aihua looked at Li Miaomiao who was eating an egg roll in her hand and immediately said seriously: "Miaomiao, you opened the things that Uncle He brought again."